Car-brake



' Nrrnn STATES PATENT Fries.

CHARLES n. WHITING, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAR-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,353, dated October 9, 1883.

Application filed August 9, 1883. (No model.)

' To aZZ whom it may concern:

.Be it known that-I, CHARLES D. VVHITING, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Car Brakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of car-brakes in which the brakeshoes are applied to the top of the wheel, and has for its object the reduction and simplifying of the parts of which it is constructed.

With these endsin view, my invention consists in the combination of parts that will be fully described in the specification and distinctly pointed out in the claims.

' In the-accompanying drawings, Figurel represents the side view of my brake attached to a passenger-car. Fig. 2 is an end view, showing my brake applied to the wheels on one side of the car; and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same. Fig. i represents my brake attached to a-freight-car truck. Fig. 5 shows the manner of applying the brakes simultaneously by means of levers.

In the drawings, D represents the supporting-pieces for the rod A and its attachments, which will be referred to hereinafter. Said supports have at their upper ends enlarge ments, in which is bored or otherwise formed a hole for the journals of rod A, and at the lower end it is made fast to the journal-box of the car-axles and secured about midway by the straps M.

B B are the shoe-1evers, forkedat one end and securely fastened on each side of the sup.-

the brake-shoes G O.

E E are arms, also attached to rods A, and which are nearly in an upright position.

Attached to the arms E E are rods F F, which are in turn attached to either end of the pivoted bar or lever G.

H is an arm attached centrally to the arm G, and by which it is oscillated.

side would cause the shoes to be always in contact with the wheels, and cause more or less friction. To counteract this a spring or weight may be attached. I have preferred the latter, and will describe the same. To the end of arm H, and opposite to the rod I, is attached a pivoted bell-crank, K, upon the outer end of which is placed a counter-weight, L. Upon applying the brakes the weight will rise, and upon their releasethe counter-weight will fall, thereby lifting the shoe clear of the wheels.

It will be evident from the above description, and the views shown in the drawings, that by placing my supports for the brakerod, and also the rod, on the outside of the wheels, and attaching the supports to the journal-boxes, either outside or inside the truck-frame, I produce a light, strong, efficient, and durable brake, and the working parts of which can be stantially as shown and described. portD to the. rod A, and towhich are attached 3. The combination of the rod A, lever B, arm E, supports D, said supports being attached to the journal-boxes, rod F, levers G and H, and means for returning the levers when released, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES D. IVHITING.

Witnesses:

JAS. A. GowLns, J OHN MOKEOUGH. 

